High-performance on-chip autocorrelator using a rib waveguide loaded with two-photon absorption diodes.

ABSTRACT

We report an on-chip autocorrelator comprising a Si rib waveguide and two-photon-absorption photodiodes in which two pulses simultaneously propagate in opposite directions, and their correlation is acquired. The rib waveguide's broadband guiding mode and moderately low group index allow the device to operate over a wide wavelength range with high resolution. We confirm that the waveguide has a transmission band of at least 1300-1630 nm and observed correlation waveforms for pulses of the order of several hundred femtoseconds to several picoseconds, with a range of at least the entire C band region.